By: William Turvill

I write about M&A, deals, IPOs, private equity, asset management, media and a few other areas for City A.M. I also write news features and am always interested in interviewing and profiling high-profile business figures. I previously worked for Press Gazette and Mail Online.

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World Naked Bike Ride has arrived in London

June 11, 2016

World Naked Bike Ride has arrived in London – and City A.M. was at the scene, not looking creepy, with a smartphone. The weather could have been better, but literally tens of people still turned up to take part in the event, an annual protest against oil dependency and car culture, in Tower Hill. Read more: One and all [...]
Pensions committee chair hits back at Sir Philip Green criticism: “Parliament doesn’t elect Trappist monks”

June 11, 2016

The chair of the Work and Pensions Committee has defended his comments about Sir Philip Green and declined to resign from the BHS inquiry. The former BHS owner last night accused Frank Field MP of having a "bias against me" and demanded that he step away from the inquiry, which Green is due to appear [...]
One and all are amused: Images from the Queen’s 90th birthday flypast

June 11, 2016

The Queen was not the only one amused by today's flypast to commemorate her 90th birthday. The spectacle was put on at 1pm today as part of a weekend of royal birthday celebrations. Spectators were watching the show from all over London. Read more: How the Queen (and country) will be celebrating her 90th birthday [...]
Sit down, Sir Rod. Here are 14 tech entrepreneurs recognised in the Queen’s honours list

June 11, 2016

Sit down, Sir Rod – you weren’t the only one to be recognised in the Queen’s 90th birthday honours today. Some 12.8 per cent of the 1,149 who made this year’s honours list were categorised as being from industry and economy. While the founders of BrewDog may have captured a lot of the attention, technology [...]
Sir Philip Green demands “biased” pensions committee chair resign from BHS inquiry

June 11, 2016

Sir Philip Green has demanded that the chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee resign from the BHS inquiry, accusing him of “bias against me”. Green, who has faced criticism over the collapse of the retail chain, wrote a letter of complaint for Frank Field MP last night. Read more: Sir Philip Green hits [...]
Brexit could lead to another (emergency) Budget

June 11, 2016

How about this as a motivation for a Remain vote in the EU referendum? A Brexit could lead to yet another Budget within weeks of the vote. City advisers have told the Times that, because a Brexit would result in a “substantial change” to official forecasts in March, an emergency Budget would have to be [...]
Sainsbury’s: We’re the biggest vinyl record seller. HMV: Er, no you’re not

June 11, 2016

Woof. HMV has barked back at Sainsbury’s over the supermarket's claim to be the UK’s biggest high street retailer for vinyl records. The music shop has claimed it has more than four times the market share of Sainsbury’s. It did concede, though, that “we don’t sell nearly as many teabags as Sainsbury’s”. Sainsbury’s responded by conceding that [...]
Pound falls to two-month low against the dollar after poll finds 10-point lead for Brexit

June 11, 2016

The pound has dropped to a two-month low against the dollar after a new EU referendum poll showed a 10-point lead for Leave over Remain. A survey of 2,000 people by ORB for the Independent found a 55 per cent backing for Brexit and 45 per cent support for staying in the EU. Read more: Sterling steady [...]
Why crowdfunders need to focus on finding the best deal for investors rather than offering the highest valuation for companies seeking finance

June 10, 2016

In Britain, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99.9 per cent of the nation’s private sector businesses, employing 15.6m people and boasting a combined annual turnover of £1.8 trillion. Worryingly, however, despite their importance to the British economy, more than half of these SMEs will fail within the first five years of establishment, with insufficient capital [...]
Welcome to the future: You can now order takeaway using your TV

June 10, 2016

Smart TVs are about to get a little smarter thanks to a new invention being cooked up by Just Eat. The company is planning to launch an app enabling people to order food through their television. The app will sync with any mobile phone or iPad connected on the same Wi-Fi network, enabling friends in the [...]

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